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 I'm a great grandparent, and I hope I can make a difference with my posterity! Deliberate, Purposeful, Difference-Making Grandparenting By  Richard and Linda Eyre  · August 10, 2022 Publisher’s Note: Meridian is pleased to partner with the Eyres in furnishing Grandparents with insights, ideas, and methods to help us all be more proactive and effective in this eternally important role of helping the wonderful grandkids who are our legacy.  The Eyres have taken their Meridian Grandparenting articles and added to them to create a Grandparenting course composed of 6 Zoom Seminars and emailed materials.  It starts in September and you can enroll at  www.Grandparenting101.com .  Author’s note: We appreciate Scot and Maurine Proctor (very experienced grandparents themselves) for making Meridian Magazine our partner in what we hope will become a Grandparenting Movement—something the world needs right now! GRANDparent:  What a Title, What a Role! The term...

This is so powerful, we ALL should read it! How should we respond if we think a former prophet said something wrong? By  Mark A. Mathews  · July 9, 2020 Cover image via history.churchofjesuschrist.org. In the current climate of historical figures being attacked, some have taken their aim at some of our early prophets and sought to vilify them for their perceived mistakes or weaknesses. But, how should faithful saints today look at possible mistakes of these inspired prophets of the past? Many years ago, I was studying a doctrinal topic in the BYU Library when I came across an old discourse from an early church leader. As I read the talk, I quickly recognized that what I was reading was not doctrinally correct. I knew it was wrong because it contradicted the standard works and the teachings of living prophets. I was confused how this early Apostle, who was usually so inspired and instructive, could have taught something that was wrong. As I refl...

                       Another keeper!  How I love being the "old tree"!   Being the “Link” Between Your Grandchildren and their Ancestors By Richard and Linda Eyre  · December 27, 2016 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Editor’s note: This is the third article in a three part series on “Mormon Grandparenting”. The first two articles can be  read  here .  Because of the popularity of the series the Eyres may continue it and write additional installments. If you would like to see that happen, hit the “comment” button and express your feelings. Our Experience On the wall of our vacation home, where we gather our family from far and wide each summer, is a very large oil painting (a product of some art classes I (Linda) took once. It is a large tree with lots of branches and lots of roots. It is painted so that there is an abo...

We had a wonderful Stake Conference this last weekend, January 9th and 10th, 2016.  We didn't have anyone from outside our stake come, but those who did speak gave many inspirational thoughts and ideas.  Our last Stake Conference was August 8th and 9th, 2015, and we had Elder David A. Bednar as a visiting authority.  You can find notes in blog #474, August 11, 2015. Our chapel is just across the street, east of this beautiful St. George Temple.  We can see the top spire from the window in our front door! Saturday evening, I didn't take notes, but I do have some memories of special talks by President and Sister Center, who are soon to be released from being the President and wife of the St. George South Mission -- I believe that is the name of it.  Sister Center gave some very interesting and thoughtful ideas on how to prepare your son or daughter for missionary work.  The first idea she presented was to teach them how to WORK!  She encouraged p...

First I want to tell you dear readers that my husband Wayne came home from rehabilitation today!  He still is weak, and needs oxygen, but he is gaining strength each day.  We really have been blessed!  You can read details of what has happened on post # 366 -- a few days ago. This was on Meridian Magazine on March 2, 2015.  It is the 8th in a series, and if you want to read prior entries, you can go to www.ldsmag.org and find other articles by this writer. parenTING 4 Ways to Nurture as Heavenly Father Does By Wallace Goddard  · March 2, 2015 Editor’s Note: This is Part 8 of  Bringing Up Our Children in Light and Truth .  We all aspire to give and receive love: warmth, caring, closeness, sharing. The modern ideal of love is full of golden light and warm feelings. But Heavenly Father is not content with superficial emotion. He wants something more substantial, so He gives us families where we are challenged to move...

President Gordon B. Hinckley had a lot of great things to say, particularly regarding how we can be happy in life. So here’s a compilation of tips from him!  This was on LDS Living on Dec. 3, 2014, and written by Samantha Shelley. 10 Happiness Tips From Gordon B. Hinckley BY  SAMANTHA SHELLEY  · DECEMBER 3, 2014 from LDS living 1. The purpose of life is to be happy! Life is to be enjoyed, not endured. Adam fell so that we might have joy! Don’t forget that when life gets busy or stressful or overwhelming. If you aren’t happy, you probably need to make some changes so you will be! 2. Happiness cannot be achieved if we are selfish or constantly complaining! Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others…By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves...